tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post4011663902966401728..comments2016-12-08T11:19:21.392+01:00Comments on Tobold's Blog: Building a villageTobold Stoutfoothttps://plus.google.com/102654666335943437765noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-32306285900702333962013-11-10T22:07:49.178+01:002013-11-10T22:07:49.178+01:00I was hoping to get a recommendation and look wher...I was hoping to get a recommendation and look where I got - disappointed.<br /><br />I milked my Anno 160X for all its worth a long time ago and none of the web games are done &quot;right&quot;. Though I still haven&#39;t tried Anno online but I have a suspicion it will be in one of the three categories mentioned.riftstalker.comhttp://riftstalker.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-82043552653727686632013-11-08T15:17:12.352+01:002013-11-08T15:17:12.352+01:00Tobold, if you&#39;re looking for &quot;things get...Tobold, if you&#39;re looking for &quot;things get build while I&#39;m not looking&quot; game, there are many titles from Game Insight such as classic Paradise Island. There is no advertisement, game is running on sales of premium currency (and there are of course lots of things you can&#39;t do in the game without premium currency, like some building are available only for premium currency).souldrinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763196121640763477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-85349399199032016662013-11-08T07:48:06.017+01:002013-11-08T07:48:06.017+01:00If you like tower defense games like Plants vs Zom...If you like tower defense games like Plants vs Zombies, there is a fun game that mixes it with town building: <b>Little Empire</b> by Camel Games - it is free to play game where friends and real money are completely optional, having no annoying ads. You can have friends for social interaction, you can pay money to speed up your progress, but everything is easily obtainable without too much of a grind, money are needed only if you want to be number one player in the world and can complete new content first, but you can not buy best stuff for money anyway.<br /><br />The gameplay itself requires almost no agility or reflexes, only strategic thinking (differently from Plants vs Zombies, you do not need to aimlessly tap on the screen collecting suns), even patience is not required because you get items to boost your production for free by doing quests, so you can manage your time yourself.<br /><br />P.S. If you want some boost at the beginning of the game you can use my invitation code EENWB, but again it is optional and unnecessary.Cigarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02099430472042737206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-53625505185255299412013-11-08T00:43:25.430+01:002013-11-08T00:43:25.430+01:00Pixel people don&#39;t have much strategy involved...Pixel people don&#39;t have much strategy involved, but are fun and don&#39;t force IAP&#39;s on you. You can earn lots of the premium currency in game, and the most useful premium features are cheap. Don&#39;t mind the crazy 20€ ones, they an effect of strange dev policy &quot;I don&#39;t ważny people to use them, but I was made to put them in by the publisher, so I&#39;ll make them absurdly expensive&quot;Malthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812908483600560460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-37702115189265521352013-11-08T00:42:58.102+01:002013-11-08T00:42:58.102+01:00Pixel people don&#39;t have much strategy involved...Pixel people don&#39;t have much strategy involved, but are fun and don&#39;t force IAP&#39;s on you. You can earn lots of the premium currency in game, and the most useful premium features are cheap. Don&#39;t mind the crazy 20€ ones, they an effect of strange dev policy &quot;I don&#39;t ważny people to use them, but I was made to put them in by the publisher, so I&#39;ll make them absurdly expensive&quot;Malthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812908483600560460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-9282103705144202212013-11-08T00:19:50.523+01:002013-11-08T00:19:50.523+01:00I know you are preferring Andriod/OS, but for Brow...I know you are preferring Andriod/OS, but for Browser Management/buidling/(maybe some PVP)<br /><br />You could try The West, Card Hunter(actually a hybrid boardgame/cardgame), Forge of Empires and Ministry of War<br /><br />Forge of Empires seems to be only slightly nicer, but I think it, too, ultimately develops into a PvP structure and the West as well.<br /><br />I&#39;ve heavily researched and sought out Browser and App games. It&#39;s been a little while so I&#39;m rusty.<br /><br />But what I&#39;d mark as &quot;truly worthy&quot; or unique are few and far between. Although there are others as well that will scratch a short-term itch, before turning into a &quot;stock&quot; game, so you may have a little bit of fun in the beginning of these games.<br /><br />I&#39;d also go off your preferred list for one browser game: Heroes of the Realm. Unfortunately to tell you the tale, is all too common in the world of gaming and Browser gaming - It had potential, was unique and &quot;neat&quot;, but now the population is dead after a few months.<br /><br />Heroes of the Realm is a card/building/strategy game that I really like for it&#39;s pre-strategy set-ups. fights are actually autopilot battles based on all the pre-setup you do in gathering and assigning cards(troops), slapping armor/weapons on them, adjusting strategy slider for each unit type and so on.<br /><br />Mobile gaming can be quite sad in some respects. Perhaps the most refined, cookie-cutter, watery experience out there is in &quot;city building-lite&quot; mobile games and they are extremely refined into a cheap, broken experience that quickly thrusts players into mindless and endelss PvP battles, yet they are grossing millions. They are the top grossing game, while unique, fun games I seek out like WarMage Battlegrounds, Heroes of the Realm and other really fun, unique mobile/browser games can barely survive and are dying before they get started.Moblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02581558642837726122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-85807383457208762612013-11-07T19:09:30.219+01:002013-11-07T19:09:30.219+01:00I checked it and found that Townsmen was a lot mor...I checked it and found that Townsmen was a lot more playable on a tablet than on a phone, with the ad banner in the free version being much smaller and the rest of the game and interface much bigger. Removing the ad banner costs as much as buying the premium version of the game, but appears to be a worse deal, as the premium version comes with 250 crowns which I&#39;m not sure I&#39;d get for the ad removal.<br /><br />I&#39;m not sure whether putting a big annoying ad banner in your game is the best way to persuade people to pay up. I would have been happier with the free version just letting me play the tutorial (without ads), and the game then asking for money for the full version.<br /><br />Anyway, that isn&#39;t the reason why I won&#39;t pay for Townsmen. What I don&#39;t like about the gameplay is that certain actions take some time, and time doesn&#39;t advance if you aren&#39;t actively playing. You can&#39;t set up you build commands and go offline, while your villagers keep on building. In fact I would need to change the power saving settings on my iPad to be able to let the game run.Tobold Stoutfoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04354082945218389596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-66963842122951440152013-11-07T18:45:03.740+01:002013-11-07T18:45:03.740+01:00I&#39;ve been curious about this type of game, but...I&#39;ve been curious about this type of game, but haven&#39;t had any success finding exactly what you&#39;re looking for. Different, but sharing some attributes of town building/simulation/time management, all on iPod touch/iPad:<br /><br />Rebuild - rebuilding a town during a zombie apocalypse<br />Pocket Trains - simple simulation, but more fun than Pocket Planes<br />Plague Inc - planning a disease outbreak to take over the world<br />Pixel People - building a town with lots of timersklievhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130440591483642684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-69567357309919244712013-11-07T15:19:12.471+01:002013-11-07T15:19:12.471+01:00Google Play link, for your convenience: https://pl...Google Play link, for your convenience: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lucasarts.tinydeathstar_goo&amp;hl=enVimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373922717637456206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-23024848994764843582013-11-07T15:06:20.219+01:002013-11-07T15:06:20.219+01:00Not sure whether Tiny Deathstar fits your bill. I&...Not sure whether Tiny Deathstar fits your bill. I&#39;m just checking it out now.Vimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373922717637456206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-10264403015300531442013-11-07T14:28:56.878+01:002013-11-07T14:28:56.878+01:00but the banner could be smaller
I was wondering w...<i>but the banner could be smaller</i><br /><br />I was wondering whether that was a problem of my 5&quot; screen being too small, and it not being such a problem on a 10&quot; tablet. I should try Townsmen on my iPad (there is an iOS version), and see whether that works better. On my phone the banner is two thirds the width of my screen, and about a quarter of the height. Plus it is cycling quickly, so the flashing gets annoying rather fast.Tobold Stoutfoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04354082945218389596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-88835782239345819462013-11-07T13:02:20.931+01:002013-11-07T13:02:20.931+01:00I am sorry that my recomendation ended up in your ...I am sorry that my recomendation ended up in your disappointment.<br /><br />I have to admit that Townsmen advertising is a bit excessive (you can avoid periodic advertisements by going offline, but the banner could be smaller).<br /><br />However, it requires no money to play normally. There is a currency that allows you to &quot;cheat&quot; (like building key buildings without using resources, very powerful if you build market with it), but it can be gained through quests in sufficient amounts.souldrinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763196121640763477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-309655751680328962013-11-07T12:55:36.783+01:002013-11-07T12:55:36.783+01:00Someone has actually ported OpenTTD (A transport t...Someone has actually ported OpenTTD (A transport tycoon clone) to Android. I tried it and amazingly it works. mbphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-91490633301590189322013-11-07T12:17:30.254+01:002013-11-07T12:17:30.254+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bigeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783165070724855681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-8649311930142067542013-11-07T12:16:44.309+01:002013-11-07T12:16:44.309+01:00Check out venture towns by kairosoft. I think ther...Check out venture towns by kairosoft. I think there is a free version you can try before you get the paid one.Bigeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783165070724855681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-76909160725817800602013-11-07T10:54:00.489+01:002013-11-07T10:54:00.489+01:00Godus
I would prefer games that actually exist, n...<i>Godus</i><br /><br />I would prefer games that actually exist, not Kickstarter projects of games which might or might not come out next year, and might or might not be any good.Tobold Stoutfoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04354082945218389596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-88992920804015989362013-11-07T10:26:08.892+01:002013-11-07T10:26:08.892+01:00Godus, is a Populous remake by the original develo...Godus, is a Populous remake by the original developer. - Mitch -http://www.blogger.com/profile/14670990200952229702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584578.post-87406418186694866312013-11-07T09:38:07.539+01:002013-11-07T09:38:07.539+01:00Lords and Knights for Android. It&#39;s basically...Lords and Knights for Android. It&#39;s basically a mobile version Stronghold Kingdoms online, both in gameplay and monetization. Moblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02581558642837726122noreply@blogger.com